No Pressure 1993 Album

Erick Sermon

After the EPMD breakup, Erick went solo. He was always the more important member of the duo, beat making and providing a bit more feel when on the mic. Sermon has always been an under talked about producer. He has played an important role in a number of careers such as with Redman, Keith Murray, and even made Shaq sound good on his debut, contributing a number of tracks there. The beats here are what you expect from E-Double; Some funk influence beats with many samples that never get boring. Lyrically, Sermon is also fun to listen to, with plenty of humour in his bars and a number of name-drops and references. Tracks for track, while it never falls away a lot, it is definitely front-loaded as most of the first seven tunes are stronger than what comes in the second half. Best Tracks: Payback II, Stay Real, Imma Gitz Mine, Hostile, Safe Sex